S60 Open to new features

S60 Summit 2008 will be kicking off tomorrow, so I thought I would share some key points about the event before it all rolls out. This year’s seminar and expo themes will be "Reach, Innovate and Experience". A major feature of the Summit will be the key note speeches and seminars by speakers from across the industry including speakers from Nokia, Trolltech, Telefonica, Symbian, Navteq and Adobe among others.

We will have 60 demos in the expo including S60 3rd Edition applications, platform technologies and ecosystem showcases including the infamous S&0 RC cars. At this year’s expo we will also have the "speakers corner", similar in style to the famous soapbox at London’s Hyde Park. Nice to see how that turns out! Hopefully I'll be able to shoot a couple of videos on that to share with you. Below's a sneak preview of the expo area and more about the seminar and expo themes.

S60 Summit seminar and expo themes

Experience

Mobility has fundamentally changed the way people use the Internet. It is personal, always with you and always connected. More than any other mobile platform, S60 provides end users the best experience and open access to several Web 2.0 services. S60 has made the “One Web” experience a reality with the world-leading Web Browser for S60, bringing also the first desktop-like Web Video experience with support for Flash Lite 3. With Widgets, S60 brings end users quick, easy and instant access to the content and services that matter most. Now, S60 enables the development of exciting new services by combining the power of the Web with power of the S60 platform: Widgets are made personal and context aware as they will be able to access S60's numerous applications and services, such as calendar, contacts, GPS, messaging, audio, video.

Experiences are converging and people are demanding more from their smartphones. Innovation and ease of use are critical, and our strategy focuses on giving people choice and simplicity. UI innovations like sensor technologies and flexibility to use or even combine different interaction methods like keyboard and touch are just some of the examples of how S60 is bringing the ecosystem tools to provide consumers with intuitive ways to engage with their devices and services.

Reach

S60, built on the Symbian OS, is the world's leading smartphone platform, with over 75 device models launched and over 150 million devices shipped by January 2008 across several segments. S60 is developed by Nokia and licensed by some of the foremost mobile phone manufacturers in the world, including Samsung, LGE and Lenovo, in addition to Nokia.

With the volumes already here, S60 offers a unique market for innovation and business potential for the whole ecosystem, and offers appealing devices and experiences to consumers across several segments.

Innovate

Openness is crucial to supercharge innovation and accelerate the availability of new mobile services and experiences. New experiences, new business models and greater accessibility of smartphones and services will enable more people to experience more.

S60 is an industry-leading open platform for companies to innovate. The latest innovation enablers – Web Run-time and Open C – are hitting the market and increasing the innovation and reach of services significantly. Our vision for S60 is to lead the way and take innovation to the next level, now and in the future.